High Wall

High Wall

99 mins | Drama, Crime | Dec. 17, 1947

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.

High Wall

99 mins | Drama, Crime | Dec. 17, 1947

High Wall
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title High Wall
Directors Curtis Bernhardt
Writers Bradbury Foote, Alan R. Clark, Lester Cole, Sydney Boehm

Cast

Robert Taylor

as Steven Kenet

Audrey Totter

as Dr. Ann Lorrison

Herbert Marshall

as Willard I. Whitcombe

Dorothy Patrick

as Helen Kenet

H.B. Warner

as Mr. Slocum

Warner Anderson

as r. George Poward

Moroni Olsen

as Dr. Philip Dunlap

John Ridgely

as Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)

Morris Ankrum

as Dr. Stanley Griffin

Elisabeth Risdon

as Mrs. Kenet

Vince Barnett

as Henry Cronner

Jonathan Hale

as Emory Garrison

Charles Arnt

as Sidney X. Hackle

Ray Mayer

as Tom Delaney

Robert Hyatt

as Richard Kenet (as Bobby Hyatt)

Russell Arms

as Patient Awaiting Discharge Hearing (uncredited)

John Beck

as Patient (uncredited)

Eula Guy

as Miss Vera Mercer (uncredited)

John Hamilton

as Police Surgeon (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

as Police Insp. Harding (uncredited)

Frank Jenks

as Pinky (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Counterman (uncredited)

Dorothy Neumann

as Mrs. Miller (uncredited)

Ray Teal

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

as Jim Hale (uncredited)